Cafe Overlook

This week we want to shout out Ashley Hile! She is a program participant who has been with us since April. Ashley is currently our coffee trainer and has become an all round bad ass at the Cafe since she started. She is always lending a helping hand to her fellow team members and has excellent customer service skills. Ashley enjoys spending time with her kids and helping others in the community.

Having a ‘working lunch’? Get a wrap for an easy one handed meal! One hand on the food, one hand on the keyboard. We have lots of outlets and Wi-Fi so you can be productive.

Help us give it up for our most recent program graduate, Norman!

He has been at the Cafe a full year now and has graduated from our workforce development program. Norman has worked in many positions in the Cafe including expo, food runner and now in prep. He is known for his friendliness at the Cafe and his ability to help anyone who needs assistance. Norman is currently working on completing his GED and he enjoys fishing, watching movies and going to church.

Could you use a kind, hardworking and well trained team member like Norman? Visit our website to learn how to become a partner to our cafe!

We’re hitting that time of year with chilly mornings and hot afternoons. Come enjoy the moody Ohio views with a hot coffee when we open at 8am.

NEW 🍝 Pasta Bar on Thursday’s!!

The pasta bar cost starts at $10 and includes your choice of noodle, pasta sauce and as many veggies as you want! Add a protein for an additional upcharge.

Chicken and mushroom Alfredo sounds amazing today. 🤤🤤

Allow us to introduce John!

John is our front of house assistant manager! He is also our in house coffee guru and has taken over our coffee station training. John knows everything there is to know about coffee (and tea) and has a professional background of running several local coffee shops here in Columbus, as well as experience in restaurant serving and bartending. John loves hot sauce, biking and exploring the local food scene!

The front of house runs smooth on a daily basis because of his guidance. Thank you, JOHN. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

This muffin is berrry berrrry good!! It’s a strawberry muffin stuffed with cream cheese icing. 🍓

These are found with all the other baked goods at the coffee station. They cost just $2 and are in LIMITED supply, they go super fast!

We are playing with several other flavors as well, all stuffed with that decadent icing. Come see what else is available!

It’s Tuesday which means the taco bar is open for lunch, but don’t sleep on the taco salad that’s available daily! We fry the bowls in house and make all our own salsas and sauces.

Customize your own with the ordering link on cafeoverlook.com!

Strawberries are like nature made candy! New to the grab and go counter is Strawberry Shortcake! 🍓🍰

We layer vanilla cake, fresh whipped cream and macerated strawberries. It’s just $4.50 and easy to eat on the go.

How bout them biscuits! Don’t skip the most important meal of the day. Biscuits are coming out of the oven as we post this and will be ready with eggs, cheese and bacon or sausage.

There is nothing better on a hot summer day than this! We beautifully layer fresh ripe tomatoes, basil, mozzarella cheese and balsamic reduction with a little sprinkle of salt and pepper.

Limited quantities of these are made each day and put in the grab and go section! Head to the cafe early to get one today.

Iced coffee to get you through the last day of the week! Swipe through, which cream level do you prefer? From heavy cream to straight up black… we can make it exactly how you like at the coffee bar!

Breakfast is calling! Our chicken biscuit is hand breaded and fried then elevated with Hot Honey Butter on a fresh baked biscuit.

It’s also Wing Wednesday if you are craving chicken for lunch, too!!

New in the grab and go section is a Chicken Salad Croissant! It’s loaded with house made chicken salad, lettuce and tomato on a big buttery croissant for $7.

Corporate cafes have a stigma of cutting corners and using pre-prepped ingredients, but not at cafe overlook!! Everything we make is done with fresh ingredients from beginning to end. We crack each and every egg whether it’s going on your breakfast sandwich or into our big batch of brownies… and you can taste that difference.

Grab a brownie to complete your meal when you come by today!

Baking always tastes better when a little love goes into it. Our team loves when they get to bake off fresh cookies, especially the smell that takes over the kitchen.

Our snickerdoodle dough gets whipped up then hand rolled in cinnamon sugar before a little love pat to make the perfect shape. Grab one to make your meal complete today!

Catering an event? We do large batches too! Send us a message for details.

Another Feature Friday of one of our all-star team members! Malika loves her job with us because of YOU. She loves chatting with the regulars and building those relationships, like knowing exactly how you like your food. She can’t wait to graduate out of Cafe Overlook and start her own food business. One day she hopes to be a third party supplier filling our shelves with her own recipes.

Only in the Midwest do we have hundreds of varieties of salads that have absolutely no lettuce in them! You can build your own with our salad bar that has several different meats, cheeses and veggies.

What’s your go-to salad bar recipe?

We never stop learning in the cafe kitchen. Not only do you get high quality, locally sourced meals… but you know you are giving the next generation of food service works the opportunity to learn those values by preparing your breakfast and lunch (or even dinner to go).

Make your meal mean something and swing by today! We’re open from 8am to 3pm.

The cafe is not all sandwiches and salad bar, we have hearty meals too! Meatloaf and mashed potatoes were just added to the hot food menu. Hand whipped potatoes and meatloaf that starts with fresh ground beef, our cooks are doing their thing!

Order online or come on up to floor 16 to get an order started in person.

☀️NEW ITEM ALERT☀️ Brioche Cinnamon Rolls, made in house and topped with a perfect cream cheese icing.

We want to shout out one of our all-stars as we end out our week. Meet Ivonica!

Her favorite thing about working at the cafe is the interaction with her coworkers and how positive everyone is. She hopes to own a business while still working in food service when she graduates from the overlook, making multiple incomes for her 7 kids. Now that’s a supermom! 🦸🏾

You don’t have to settle for vending machine coffee in our city building! We use local beans to brew fresh coffee all day long so head to floor 16 for a mid day pick-me-up.

Cafe Overlook updated their business hours.

Cafe Overlook updated their website address.